Overview

The Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief is a response of the Korean government in partnership with private sector, to increasing disasters and conflicts, supporting relief, recovery, and prevention.

Overview

Humanitarian assistance projects save lives, alleviate damage, protect human dignity from manmade and natural disasters. Furthermore, the projects are aimed to support victims to quickly return to their daily lives by capacity building activities for preventing and responding to disasters.

Specifics

Emergency relief

Supporting with cash or goods

KOICA provides cash or goods (tents, tarps, blankets, etc.) to minimize damages from disasters and to secure victims' lives and basic needs, based on the review and decision by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Dispatching Korea Disaster Relief Team (KDRT)

A relief team is dispatched by the government to support recovering from damages, rescueing lives, and providing medical relief in affected countires

Imroving disaster response system

KOICA serves as the secretariat for KDRT, providing staff capacity building trainings for staff and improving equipment to prepare KDRT dispatch